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Xylocopa - Xylocopa californica - female
Copyright © 2022 Leslie Goethals

Xylocopa - Xylocopa californica - Female
Eastern Sierra, Inyo County, California, USA
May 5, 2022
~4150' elevation, Bishop.
A few of these bees were nectaring on Palmer's Penstemon (Penstemon palmeri) in a residential native garden.
I'm guessing this might be a female? It was quite a bit bigger & was being followed by a smaller solid black bee as it nectared.
If another small black bee came within the bigger bee as it nectared, a fight ensued between the 2 smaller black bees.

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Contributed by Leslie Goethals on 7 May, 2022 - 11:44am
Last updated 10 March, 2023 - 12:36pm

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